On Thursday, Carson High School was briefly placed on a “secure” after it was reported that two students possessed firearms in the parking lot around 9:30 a.m. and the students were detained.
According to the arrest report, one of those students was 18 years old, while the other was still a juvenile and no additional information was provided for the minor student.
According to the report, deputies were dispatched after it was reported that two male students possessed firearms in a lifted white truck.
Deputies located the two students sitting in a white pick-up truck that fit the description and ordered the students out of the car.
After the students were detained, a school administrator searched the vehicle and located two paintball rifles in the back seat. One was a large black rifle that “looked like a tactical rifle” according to the report and the other was a small blue paintball gun. Both were taken and booked into evidence.
Deputies spoke to the 18-year-old who stated he had been on his way to Walgreens because he did not have a class during the morning period. He said he was waved over by the other student who wanted to show him his new paintball guns, and to see if the 18-year-old could buy paintball rounds for them, as the owner was under 18.
He said they were standing outside of the vehicle looking at the guns when another student walked by. He said they made eye contact, which led them to hide the guns behind their backs before getting into the truck.
Deputies spoke to the reporting party who said they were walking through the parking lot when they saw the two students with guns and confirmed they concealed the guns behind their backs when they saw the reporting party had seen them.
The third student described the guns as a large black rifle and a “shiny metal object that resembled a hand gun.”
A separate release from the Carson City Sheriff’s Office Thursday stated the paintball guns had been fired, leading to the incident being reported, but both the reporting party and the two students possessing the paintball guns stated the guns were never fired according to the report.
Deputies took the students into custody for possessing a dangerous weapon on school grounds.
Under Nevada State Law, both pneumatic (air) guns and paintball guns are illegal to have on school grounds and carry a gross misdemeanor charge.
